Blues icon grilled over petty act amid feud with club

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Carlton icon Stephen Silvagni has travel nether disapproval aft rejecting a brace of invitations from the nine to be a presumption ceremonial for his lad Jack's 100th game.

Jack Silvagni played his 100th crippled successful the drawn play opener against Richmond, and received a customary presumption successful the Blues rooms for reaching the milestone.

While Silvagni's brothers, mother, spouse and grandma were successful attendance, fans rapidly noticed that his celebrated begetter was absent contempt watching the crippled from a firm container wrong the MCG.

During his code Silvagni revealed that his father, who is presently St Kilda's database manager, had opted to stay successful the car portion skipping the presentation, contempt receiving an invitation from the nine wherever helium played 312 games.

Silvagni's lack came aft a messy exit from his station arsenic Carlton's database manager astatine the extremity of 2019 wherever helium had fallen retired with the club's administrators.

While Silvagni's sons downplayed the value of their father's absence, with Jack explaining that it was a determination made anterior to the game, others including Hawthorn icon Luke Hodge were captious of his call.

"If I was successful his presumption I would person gone down to person the photo," Hodge said connected Seven's AFL coverage.

"Jack played and determination was a household photograph and helium was sitting successful the car for the photo. I personally would person had a photograph with my lad playing his 100th game."

Veteran quality presenter Jim Wilson labelled Silvagni's lack "disappointing and petulant", saying it was "very ordinary" of the Carlton fable to dodge the presentation.

Silvagni has spoken candidly astir his messy exit from Carlton, wherever the nine cited a struggle of involvement arsenic 1 of the reasons for his departure owed to 2 of his sons being connected the AFL list.

"What wounded maine the astir … astir apt erstwhile your president has a chat to you and helium says I've fought for you, that the CEO felt arsenic though I would sabotage the commercialized and draught period," helium said.

"I hatred talking astir myself, but erstwhile you've played for a nine for 17 years and you enactment your assemblage connected the enactment and supported the nine each your life, for a idiosyncratic to accidental you'll sabotage the commercialized and draught period, and for me, an outsider that's travel into the nine and doesn't cognize a batch astir the nine oregon me, that was astir apt the astir disappointing retired of everything that happened.

"Looking backmost astatine the property release, it puts the boys (sons Jack and Ben) nether the autobus and it was amateur, to beryllium honest.

"That was astir apt the astir hurtful thing. I deliberation your 2 biggest assets astatine a shot nine are your supporters and your players.

"It got messy successful the end."

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